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F. O. FARWELL.

NON CONDUGTING HANDLB. No. 524,708. Patented Aug. 21, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FAY O. FARWELL, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE ADAMSCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

NON-CONDUCTING HANDLE.

SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,708, dated August21, 1894.

Application filed June 7, 1894. Serial No. 513,817. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FAY O. FARWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Conducting Handles;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relatos to handles, with more special reference to what isknown as cold handles, to be used in connection with stove doors, &c.,where they are subjected to a considerable amount of heat, and it hasfor its object, to provide a handle which shall pre-- sent a neat andattraotive appearance, is easily and simply constructed, and suffi- 2ociently stiff to resist all pressure upon it while it is beingoperated,and which shall be sufiiciently cool for the grasp of the handin operating the same.

For the better understanding of my device -z 5 and its mode ofoperation, attention is called to the following description and theaccompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which-- Figure 1. is aperspective of my device with 0 the handle attached to a stove door.Fig. 2. is a part plan view and part section of the stem of the handle.

Like 1etters denote corresponding parts in both the drawings. The handleconstructed after my device is essentially of two parts-the stem A, andthe coil wire B. The stem A, is provided at its outer end with across-arm H, which, with the other part of the stem, forms a T at 0 theouter end of the stem. The object ofthe cross-arm H, is to provide astiiening for the coil wire, so that when pressure is put upon theopposite sides of the wire, in the opera tion of opening and closing thedoor, there 5 will be no tendency to wrench the wire from itsfastenings, and by this mode of construction, the handle is made stiffand still retains its non-conductive properties of heat. At a shortdistance from its ends, is an enlarge- 5o ment a, a, with openings orsockets o, o, in its opposite sides, adapted to receive and secure theouter ends of the coiled wire B. This enlargement may be cast upon thestem as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be cast in the shape of a sleeve witha hole through its center, through 5 5 which the stem may be passed, andwithin which the stem may be secured. On the under side of the socketso, o, are cast small projections b, b, bi b with which the free ends ofthe coiled wire B, engage and are securely held within the sockets, o,o, within the enlargement, where they will not be liable to get loose orcatch upon the hand in operating the same.

The mode of uniting the parts and operating the same is as follows: Thewire B, is first Ioosely coiled upon the cross-arm H, extending at anequal distance on each side of the stem A. The ends of the wire are thenbent around and inserted in the sockets o, o, over the lug b, on thelower side and resting against the lug b on the upper side, thus holdingthe wire in a circular or elliptical shape and giving a large surfacefor the grasp of the hand and sufficent stiffness to the wire to preventit from being disengaged from the lugs within the sockets o, o.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is- 1. In a non-conducting handle, a stem provided with a Tshaped head H, and sockets o, o, in combination with a coiled wireencircling said head, the ends of the wire being secured within thesockets o, o, as and for the purposes shown.

2. A non-conducting handle, consisting of a stem with a T shaped headand a sleeve or enlargement on the stem, in combination with a wireloosely coiled upon said head and bent into a circular or ellipticalform, with the 9o ends of said wire secured to or within the sleeve orenlargement en the stem, as and for the purposes shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FAY O. FARWELL.

Witnesses:

M. M. CADY, J. BROWN.

